the first week of may we endured warren's kindergarten orientation and 'buddy day'. the night of orientation i thought i would emotionally handle it. i was terribly wrong.
we met his teacher (turns out it's the woman who gave us our exit interview during his screening), saw his classroom and found out she is pregnant and due in nov. my son welcomes adversity, therefore, her absence for 6 weeks shouldn't effect (or is it 'affect'?) his education. while we went through the 'stations' of kindergarten, the children were to watch a movie in the lunch room. once we arrived in the cafeteria, all was well. the kids finished watching the 'berenstein bears' and i heard warren shout, "can we watch it again?" :) before the lights came on - i ended up having a panic attack. the worst i've experienced in the 3 years i've 'lived' through them. i thank God ryan was with me. i couldn't fathom the outcome if i were alone.
can you only imagine how i'll handle his first day of school, august 15? Lord, help me...
his 'buddy day ' was much better. i dropped him off at the kindergarten center at 830 and picked him up at 10. he had made a frog puppet and was truly upset he had to return to daycare. he obviously thought his kindergarten years should start then and there!
mother's day was the following weekend and ryan made an amazing breakfast. we didn't do anything spectacular, yet is was a blessing to be with ryan and the kids. that is what makes mother's day after all...
memorial day weekend we welcomed jessie's family down for a night then traveled to mom & dad's for lunch that sunday. the weber's were there (are dearest friends from kahoka) and mom & larry fried the best catfish ever! was a relaxing afternoon and this time no one was injured :)
the following weekend carrie's & barry's came down to mom & dad's. we spent sat. night with them and celebrated gram's 4th birthday. was especially exciting because will, caleb and judah showed up! will is mine and ryan's best friend (i can say that because it's probably the only person we both like - ha!) and he always makes us feel so good about ourselves. is he full of it? probably :D
other than that we are doing well. will finally celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary this month as i surprised ryan with tickets to see nick swardson. still trying to finalize the babysitting - but it will work out.
ellie is starting to talk a bit more. nothing significant - but she certainly understands EVERYTHING we say to her. especially 'no, don't, and be careful'. that is when she literally gives us her 'go-to-hell' look (don't worry - i'll get a picture of it soon - it's horrible!). she fights incessantly to be outside, but the mosquitos are so thick it's been a rough few weeks.
warren is tall, tanned, and mouthy - sound like his dad, or what? :) gets to go swimming tomorrow at school and one would think he has won the lottery.
speaking of which (no, we've never won), we did have our roof repaired last month. didn't break the bank and we're not as nauseous when it starts raining now. one baby step at a time, they say. right now we are working on our kitchen. once we've accomplished this nightmare, i'll post before & after pics. how i pray it works! sorry for the suspense...
hope everyone is well - i'll try and write again soon!
Ellie came home in May with two French braids!How come she sits still at daycare and not for me?
Uncle Jason with his son, Jack, and Ellie.
Ellie playing at Grandma and Grandpa's.
The BEST part of taking the kids to my parents'...
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